Amber
rosaries are made of natural amber material only. Only genuine natural
amber material is used. Other colours and designs of amber rosaries
are also available. Items are excellent gift, perfect product to sell
also they are great for private collections.

AmberWorkshop
- amber rosary maker

Amber Workshop is a rosary and rosary
supplies maker from Baltic States. We manufacture amber prayer beads
(amber worry beads) for more than 10 years. We use ONLY natural
amber stones for jewelry making. We do NOT use melted of reconstructed
amber. We guarantee the highest quality of our products and genuinity
of amber.

Also we can make custom rosaries.
If you a looking for a specific amber rosary not published on this page
please feel free to contact us. Possibly
we will be able to make amber rosaries you need.

Selection of prayer beads

The Best Selection of Islamic Prayer Beads
on the Internet! Also known as Masbaha or Tasbeh, prayer beads have
been used by the pious since the time of the Holy Prophet in keeping
count of one's daily Zikr.

The Moslems use a string of ninety-nine (or
one hundred) beads called the subha or tasbih, on which they recite
the "beautiful" names or attributes of Allah. It is divided
into three equal parts either by a bead or special shape or size, or
by a tassel of gold or silk thread. The use of these Islamic beads appears
to have been established as early as the ninth century independently
of Buddhistic influences. The beads in general use are said to be often
made of the sacred clay of Mecca or Medina. Among travelers; records
of prayer beads is the famous instance, by Marco Polo, of the King of
Malabar, who wore a fine silk thread strung with one hundred and four
large pearls and rubies, on which he was wont to pray to his idols.
Alexander Von Humboldt is also quoted as finding prayer beads, called
Quipos, among the native Peruvians.

Islam - Muslim traders and
explorers probably brought the Buddhist prayer bead tradition to Islam.
They appear to have adopted the prayer beads from India in the 2nd (Islamic),
9th (Christian) century. Preferred for subhas is clay from the holy
cities of Mecca or Medina. Other materials, from expensive precious
stones to common wood, are used. A 99 bead strand is made of 33 bead
sections broken up by marker beads. The 100th, or lead bead, means the
completion of one cycle of devotion. Cords protrude from the leader
bead, attached to two beads with a tassel. They believe evil spirits
dislike hanging, dangly things, imagining the tassel can guard against
evil. The beads represent the ninety-nine names of Allah. The name Allah
is said on the 100th bead. The Muslim's major prayers are the tahmid
(god be praised) and tahlit (there is no deity but Allah).

Worry Beads were likely
inspired from Islamic prayer beads. Popular in Armenia, Greece and Turkey,
they were fidgeted with to supposedly relieve stress and tensions of
the day.

Islamic tespih (TESS-peehh:
"rosaries," or prayer beads) usually have 99 beads, one for
each of the 99 sobriquets (names) of Allah. (Some have 1/3 of 99, or
33 beads.)

In Ottoman times, tespih were made from fragrant
woods, amber, mother-of-pearl, and precious metals such as gold and
silver. Tespih for the rich were fine works of art that might take months
to make.